Treatment for 5 year old Eva is funded using plastic bottle tops

Mazarrón council is supporting the campaign to collect used bottle tops for re-cycling, which can be sold to help a small 5 year old girl from Lorca who is suffering from a congenital brain disorder.

Eva Giménez Reinaldos has suffered with this disorder from birth and travels twice a year to Philadelphia in the US where she receives help for her condition, but the cost of these visits is paid for by the family and by a scheme to recycle bottle tops.

The Mazarrón businesses association has offered to help with the scheme and is offering a number of drop-off points around the town to try and encourage more people to recycle and collect the plastic tops.

The tops are the most valuable part of the recycling process, and the heavy tops from plastic bottles, bricks which contain milk or fruit juice, the lids from shampoo bottles, domestic cleaning products etc are recyclable, fetching around 200-300 euros a ton, depending on the type.

The Lions organisation of Mazarrón Bahía have been involved in this campaign for some time, collecting via the Multi Optics store on Camposol B, but now 50 odd shops in the Mazarrón area will display the poster showing a heart of bottle tops in their windows to indicate that they are also a collection point.

There may well be readers in other areas who would like to collaborate and set up collection points in their own communities and the Lions would be happy to hear from you if you would like to help.

Call Lion Gina Barker on 968 978 810 or any member of Lions of Mazarron Bahia Club for more information.